Does Zayo pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Zayo employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Zayo. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Zayo?

58% of Zayo employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Zayo 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Zayo?

Project Manager (64) , Account Manager (32) , Engineer (26) , Sales (25) , Network Engineer (21) , Account Executive (20) , Manager (20) , Product Manager (15) , Account Director (13) , OSP Project Manager (13) , (12) , Director (12) , Data Center Technician (11) , Field Technician (10) , Financial Analyst (10)

What are the pros of working at Zayo according to real employee reviews?

"The people I got to interact with were great; mostly outgoing and always willing to help" ((in 118 reviews)); "flexible work from home mostly (maybe just due to covid because they wanted me in the office some of the time before that)" ((in 60 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and if your lucky so is your boss." ((in 31 reviews)); "I love my team; they are great!" ((in 30 reviews)); "Friendly work environment" ((in 20 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Zayo according to real employee reviews?

"Chaotic and no work life balance." ((in 57 reviews)); "No training for new employees" ((in 51 reviews)); "Low pay and constantly changing processes" ((in 47 reviews)); "The leadership is poor." ((in 40 reviews)); "Bad upper management, direction lacks." ((in 34 reviews))

What are employees saying about Zayo layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Zayo layoffs and their outlook for job security at Zayo in 2026.

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3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,281 total reviews)

Steve Smith

55% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Culture & values

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Zayo has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,281 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Zayo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews

1.0

Feb 26, 2019

It just keeps getting worse. Record turnover, and rock bottom morale

Anonymous employee

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Business Outlook

Pros

Some signs the company may be bought... hopefully that leads to a replacement of the arrogant leadership team, who love the sycophants and punish people who try to be honest about issues.

Cons

Mean spirited - culture of dog eat dog due to overwork, constant change and loss of staff (who gave up on the company). Never seen such a pervasive culture of pounding on employees for more. Driven down or out. Survival there makes people mean. No way to know each quarter if comp will be 25% or 150%. CEO is a micro managing narcissist and a bully. Laying off and transferring people when we are desperately understaffed and stressed. Clients don't trust the company. Keep removing benefits and hoping people don't notice.

1.0

Sep 3, 2015

People are awesome but...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

All the hours you want....even if you don't.

Cons

Work life balance is non existent. They let go a quarter of our team the day they bought out our company, which by their own admittance wasn't a good idea. After two months of working 60-75 hours a week and them not hiring anyone, or really holding interviews, I left for much greener pastures.

1.0

Aug 4, 2018

Only look at Zayo if you don't know what you're doing

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Ability to work from home was a pro, apparently that's no longer allowed.

Cons

I joined Allstream two weeks before it was acquired by Zayo. In their rush to save money by shutting down systems and trying to run an enterprise on Salesforce (where it becomes Salesfarce) they threw away data they were legally bound to keep for 7 years. I was kept on, despite my salary being over double what they generally pay Salesforce developers, because they had commitments to the Government to produce specific, custom software. The moment that software was completed I was let go. Ironically, 3 months after being laid off I received a performance bonus for my work.

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